Application Architect

Role & responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the application portfolio, application architecture views, reference architectures and lifecycle roadmaps.
• Assess application fit, health, technical debt, duplication, integration dependencies and alignment to business capabilities.
• Define target-state application architecture, application rationalisation recommendations and transition roadmaps.
• Review solution designs, architecture documents and non-functional requirements for compliance with EA principles and standards.
• Work with solution, data, infrastructure, security and integration teams to ensure coherent end-to-end designs.
• Establish traceability between business capabilities, processes, applications, data entities, interfaces and technology components.
• Support application modernisation, cloud adoption, package selection and migration initiatives with architecture guidance.

Contribute to architecture governance, design reviews, exceptions management, standards and EA repository quality

Preferred candidate profile

• Strong understanding of application architecture patterns, API-led integration, service-oriented design and application lifecycle management.
• Practical knowledge of TOGAF and ArchiMate application-layer modelling; ability to create actionable architecture views.
• Experience assessing application portfolios, technical debt, application health, fit-for-purpose and rationalisation opportunities.
• Familiarity with cloud, security, data and integration considerations in enterprise solution design.
• Strong stakeholder-management, analytical, documentation and design-review skills.